Box-car.



. C. BLEST.

B0X GAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 3, 1908.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

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BOX GAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3, 1908.

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M. C. BLBST.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. a, 1908.

903,438. Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

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M. C. BLEST.

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APPLICATION FILED MAILS, 1908.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR.3,1908.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

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' ing drawings, in which likereference char-A UNITED STATES PATENT oEErcE.

MINOT c: BLEST, oE BELLEVUE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOE To PEESSED ISTEEL CAE coM- PANY,` OF PITTSBURQPENNSYLVANIA, CORPORATION NEWJLIERSEY.

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To all lwhmn. "it may concern;

@Be it known that'I, MINo'r C. BLEs'r,`a citizen of the United States, and resident of Bellevue, Allegheny county, Fennsylva-- nia, 'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BoXfCars, of which the following .is a full, clear, and eXact description, reference beinghad 'to the accompany.-

actersrefer to' like parts, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the central portion ofVA a box car constructed in accordance-with my invention; Fig. 2 .is a like viewiwith the car door'and a .portion of the door hood removed; Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe-same; Fig. 38L is a longitudinal section through the roof hatch; Fig. 4 is a transverse section through the central portion of fthe car, many "of the details of construction being omittedpn'cne side of the View; Fig. 5 1s alongitudinal section-through the cenu tral portion of the car Showing the side framin in elevation';.and Fig., 6' .is a plan .3 the cross beams, bolsters or transoms in the which theilooring is secured. P v

'tion of carl doorway.

view'o the central frame.

An object ofJ the present portion of the car under-f invention is to provide a boxccar, preferably of all-metalv type, having a liftable roof-section or door,

' preferably centrally located in the .length of the car. O y v Another object oflthe present invention is car, 'said'frame involvingv a special construc- Referring now in detail, to vthevdratvs'fin s, 1 represents the center-sills, 2. the side sils,

.car underframe, of suitable depth hdepending upon their location and the peculiar stresses fto be resisted by them. v To stifen the central portion ofthe car underframe on`eor more of the beams 3l maybefprovided with upper -or lower, lor both upper and lowertie plates( zia-3b. y Y 4 are stringers bolted tothe Innderframe and'extending longitudinally of thecarto 7 are 'vertical side or, end, postsfof suitable number and location around the side and end of the car'and to which sheeting 8 is riveted.

, strips 12,' and adjacent sheet.

Patented. Nov. 10, 1908.

number andlocation around the walls of the car. Posts 7 are in the same vertical pla-ne as the side sill or the end sill of the car, depending upon their location; they are offset at their lower yends and secured to the inner faces ofsaid sills.V 'Sheeting'S is riveted to Qrepresentsfdiagonal braces also 'of suitable l one ofnthe'ianges of each of the posts 7 which flange is in the same vertical plane as the outer face of the side or end sill, depending upon the location of the sheeting Sheet-ing 8 is also riveted to the outer face of` the side or end sill.I Although this .is not shown in connection with the carend the same method of securing sheeting at ,the lower end is pursued as on the sides of the car. Y

10 are side plates of the car supported by posts 7 and braces 9, bothof which are riv-l feted at their lripper ends to side plates 10 and lat their lower ends to the side sills 2.

There are two doorways, one on each "side Aof the car and formed by spacinga pair ofK posts a suitable distance apart..

11 is av metal lintel','.cha'nnel shaped in cross=section, with fiattened'lower-end edges.

'There is one lintel for each doorway. Each lintel'll is .riveted at its ends to adjacent u side lplates 10, between which plates 10 1t forms a connecting link... Each lintel 11 is furthermore riveted to the upper ends of one or more posts 7 or one or more'braces 9, or both braces 9'and posts 7.

12 are wooden strips bolted to posts 7 or braces 9 to which the car lining (not shown) is to benailed,` p

13 are wooden blocks or strips, 'angular in shape, nailed or secured to horizontal .each of whichI acts asa shedding surface to prevent the accumulation of lading on strips orblocks 12 when the car is -usedfor grainor other small lading.

8@ i's a narrowdoor sillplate riveted to the.

sidefsill 2.' The sheeting 8 is likewise riv eted to .thel side Ysli1l2 and each sheet to its of. metal plates, .braced by 14 .is a door,

Door' 14 is hung on diagonal braces 14a.

Arollers 15 traveling on'a pressed metal track v16 riveted to the sheeting 8, to vthe side plates 10 .and lintel 1l. Track 16 extends a suitablel distance to permit Vthe door 14 to be thrown to the side of the doorway.

17 are guides riveted to the sheeting 8 and side sills 2, each servingv to prevent the door 14 from flying out from the side of the car.

18 is a door hood located above the rollers 15 and extending a `suitable distance along the side of the car over the track 16.

19 are carlines, U-shaped in cross-section,

and extending from side plate to side plate across the car; there being preferably one of thesecarlines on each side of the doorways. In addition to the carlines 19, the car is provided-with suitable carlines between the carlines 19 and the ends of the car which support purlins 20 on which is spread corrugated sheet'r'netal rooing 21 and which also carry running boards 22. Eadh of the carlines 19 is provided with bracket angles 19a projecting toward the ends ofthe car, each in line with. a purlin 20, which support the ends of the purlins 20 extending toward the ends of. the'car, at the hatchway or central opening of the car roof. -A

` The hatchway or central liftable roof section is constructed of corrugated sheet metal roofing 21, projecting at each end to 'form a supporting hook adapted to 'engage carlines 19 and mounted on purlins 20, carried by .one or more carlines 23 having suitable transverse seats therein to receive' the purlins 20.' The hooked ends of the roong 21 also prevent 'longitudinal displacement and form weatherproof closures for theihatch. The hatchL orv central liftablel roof section is also provided` with a runningboard 22 in line with the running boards 22 extending over the balance ofthe car. The hatch or central liftable roof section is furthermore braced by diagonal trusses 24extending transverse the carv from o necorner of tliehatch to the other (Figs-3 and 3a)- The hatch' or central liftable roof section is furthermore.

provided with a face angle 25, extendin full length along the side of said hatch an -carryin v a face plate l26 and to which is se'- lcure the carlines 23 (Fig. 4). jFinally, the central liftable roof section or hatch is. provided With liftin or attaching eyelets'27 through means o vwhich it maybe lifted from itsfposition over the hatchway.

1. The form of lintelhereinshown and dejjscribedbeing of greater depth than the side 55.

plates of a suitable lshape in cross-section compensatesi for the vloss of strength in the car slde due to the door opening and the lack of continuity in the roof.. The tie plates 3% and serve the same purpose.

Lf desired, the entire roof of .the car may be made removable, in a manner 'described 1n connection w1th the centrally located .support said section."

hatch. This would involve merely-'the location, at each end of 'thecar, ofa carline 19 and use of hatches such as described.

Having thus described my invention, the' 'following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1.l A car having a "Wall with Aan opening I therein, a side plate and a pressed metal lintel oversaid opening connected to and forming a continuation of said side plate.

2. A car having a wall'vvith an opening therein, and a channel-shaped lintel over said. opening having flattened lower end edges.

3. A c'ar having a wall with an opening opening havin olfset'ends overlapping the ends 'of said si e plates and riveted thereto. 6. A carV having a wall with an opening therein, side plates and posts on each side of i said opening, oppositely disposed diagonal braces on each side 'of said opening and a lintel above said opening riveted to the ends of said side plates, said braces .and said posts.

7. A car having a wall with. an opening Y i therein, spaced side plates\\ with inwardly projecting flanges, a lintel having upper and lower inwardly projecting anges and extending in line with-fthe ends of said side plates and at its ends overlapping and riveted to the endsof said side plates.

8. A car having'a wall with an opening therein, a lintel' above said opening. and side plates in axial alinement with said lintel.

9. A car comprisinga carline, angles supported by said carline and a roofr section supported by'said angles and formed at its end to engage said carline, f

10. A car comprising a' roof section with purlins and a carline having ano'les projecting therefrornin linewith said? vpurlins to 11. A car having an opening in its ro'of and a removablehatch consisting of carlines,

purlinsand metallic covering, a runmng board and a truss for said hatch.

12. A car having an opening in its roof and ya hatchfor closing said. opening cmprising a truss rod" extending diagonally from corner to' corner of said hatch.

q 1'3. In Ja boxcar,- a roof havingan'opning therein and a side plate increased in depth and flanged laterally' adjacent -said opening 14. In a boX car, a roof, having .an opening therein, a Wall having an opening therein 'adjacent the opening in the roof and a side plate increased in .depth Iand flanged laterally adjacent said roof opening and above said Wall opening.

15. A car Wall having an opening therein, a side plate section having its end adjacent said opening and a lintel forming an extension of' saidv side plate in line therewith across said opening.

16. In a car having a Wall with an open'- ing, side plate sections having their ends adsaid sections a continuous side jacent said opening and ajlirltel connecting the ends of said sections and forming Wit plate. 17. A car having an opening 1n its roof, a

hatch for closing said opening and crossed 20 diagonal'truss rods for bracing said hatch.

The foregoing specification signed at Mc-' Kees Rocks, Allegheny county, Pennsyl- Vania,r this twenty-fourth day of February, 1908. f

j 'Minor c. BLEsT. I Witnesses T. J. JONES, G. C. LAMBE. 

